CYCLE NHE’ERY • AYVU PARÁ
AYVU PARÁ – speech drawings – is an online cycle led by Carlos Papá and guests on the meanings of various words in the Guarani language.
The common thread is Nhe'ërÿ, and the cycle. As well as notebooks and other complementary materials, it consists of 13 short film-lessons, made available with English subtitles every Wednesday at 6pm on our YouTube channel, in partnership with the .Xow.rumi
Nhe'ërÿ, where the spirits bathe, is how the Guarani name the territory that is usually called the Atlantic Forest, a place sustained by water, Y, inhabited by ijás, owners of the beings and responsible for trees, animals and all the elements of nature.
The cycle, in partnership with the Guarani Mbya Arandu Porã Living School and the Museum of Indigenous Cultures, was recorded during in-person meetings that took place in June 2023 at the same museum in São Paulo.
During these meetings, in addition to the recorded conversations, seven artists from the Guarani Mbya Arandu Porã Living School painted canvases about the Nhe'ërÿ that existed before the colonial invasion and the Nhe'ërÿ that remains in the names of places in the city of São Paulo. The canvases painted during this process will be part of the exhibition VIVA ESCOLA VIVA, which Selvagem will hold in Rio de Janeiro in November 2023.
study material
PLAYLIST
BOOKS AND NOTEBOOKS
PROGRAMME
PHOTO GALLERY
Photos: Mariana Rotili
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NHE’ËRY PLAYLIST
WILD ARROW "THE SUN AND THE FLOWER"
PAPÁ'S PARTICIPATION IN SELVAGEM
